GBA REBUKES CJ OVER SOES COMMENT
"Lawyers, Judges and all are citizens and entitled to opinions on public affairs." -- KWESI PRATT JNR. (Fmr. Managing News Editor, Insight Newspaper)
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May 9 Stadium disaster is 25 years already! The Night Ghana cried as 126 lives were lost. I put this piece together to commemorate the day. @thenanaaba@ablorh_flora@abjunior121
I put sobolo in the fridge this dawn and went to sleep. I woke up in the morning and I was feeling thirsty so I decided to go and drink water only to find my mother opening the sobolo bottle, about to drink it. Come and see how fast I went on my knees to beg her not to😂 she was
If you know a high profile (sports/ entertainment/political/whatever) journalist who REFUSES to see injustice, REFUSES to speak about it, and only says "oh, as for me I do only (sports/ entertainment/political/whatever journalist)", mark them down as being complicit in those injustices.
Emphasis on high profile because young journalists now starting out have a lot to lose. But you, who is seasoned and is blessed with a voice and huge following, what is your excuse for staying silent?
Their journalism will be USELESS in an unworkable country - which is what Ghana is becoming. You cannot claim Ghana only in good times. Be seen to be on the side of the people, too.
Without a working system, the people are nothing. Without the people, you are nothing.
#OccupyJulorBiHouse
🌎 Apologies to my non-Ghanaian followers for lack of context on last few tweets. An explainer:
🇬🇭 The #OccupyJulorBiHouse hashtag is a play on Occupy and Jubilee House (Ghana's seat of government).
𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙞 is a Ga (language of the people of Accra, Ghana's capital) phrase meaning 'Child of a Thief', a loose reference to the ruling Executive, who the people believe have negligently driven the country into a mess.
📅 Today, Sept 21, is a public holiday in honour of Ghana's founder, Kwame Nkrumah and had been penned down by a civil rights group called Democracy Hub to protest high cost of living, rampant abuse of power, state capture, throttling press freedom and callous governance.
👮🏽♂️ Consistently, state Police have used the law to block the demonstration from happening. Yesterday (Wednesday) Police issued a statement claiming they had a court order to injunct the demonstration -- but they could not produce any such document. The statement also warned citizens not to turn up for the demonstration, as a result. This, also, was an illegal action.
Nonetheless, protestors have showed up this morning near the seat of government; the police have arrested more than 50 protestors.
🔈I am aware many of you follow me for specific (sporting) content, but I will be unable to provide such content if I am not comfortable, and cannot live a dignified life in Ghana, where I am based.
💡 Today's event is important in the context of recent uprisings in the West African and Sahelian region, for in every one of those cases, the tipping point was a result of consistent government/state attempts to play dumb to the cries of its people. A cursory reading of Ghana’s recent path suggests we are probably far from such headlines, but are systemically ticking the troublesome boxes that will get us there.
⚠️ Ghana is neighbours or, at most, a few doors away from every one of these boiling points. We are not immune to the factors that led them where they are. We cannot allow Ghana to get to that point.
And that is why we speak -- not disrupt the peace of fellow citizens, but to ensure the peace,, stability we enjoy is guaranteed for the next generation.
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AS FOR OUR SARK WE FOR PROTECT AM BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY I TELL U! KING IS AN ASSET TO US RUFF!! TIGHT ON ERR THING! BAR RAISED ALWAYS AND HE ALWAYS COMES ON LIKE TODAY BE EEN FIRST! A LOT OF US LOST THE HUNGER! HE IS GONNA BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME SO GET USED TO THIS🙏🏿🇬🇭👏